As the super-connected and hyper-knowledged human planet moves forward in the last phase of geographic diversity, the analysis of any high culture specialty like visual art appears as useful as a pair of chopsticks. Most of the cultural activity generating and consuming the visual stuff just slides out of its grasp back into the bowl. Public Art exists in a unique position outside the criticism of both the high art and the high design establishments and their historic traditions. Created mainly by people educated in universities, these … [Read more...]
Richard Wilson in Liverpool
June 24, 2007 by 1 Comment
Sorry for my delay in blogging. Completing a large project or returning from an engrossing adventure always leads to a temporary depression. Suddenly everything is so calm without the adrenalin. The spirit drags and the imagination dissolves. This happens at least a twice a year for decades and I still respond the same. I learn nothing. The trip to Turkey will be very influential to my thinking for two reasons. 1.) Turkey is a moving time machine. It is an example of the future, not the past. Remnants of time and people protrude into the … [Read more...]
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